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Iran Overpowered by Brazil in Volleyball World League

Several times world champions Brazil beat Iran's national volleyball team 3-2 in the 2014 World League in Brasilia on Friday.

Brazil won Iran’s national volleyball team 3-2 (25-23, 27-29, 26-28, 25-23 and 15-13) in 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World League today.

The Iranian volleyballers were two points ahead in the fifth set when the scoreboard showed 13-11, but eventually lost the match after losing 4 consecutive points. They should now wait for their second match against the Brazilians on Saturday.

Iran had earlier lost two matches to Italy with similar 3-0 results.

Brazil has won 9 titles in the world league and stood the second to Russia in 2013.

 

Emad Askarieh

Emad Askarieh has worked as a journalist since 2002. The main focus of his work is foreign policy and world diplomacy. He started his career at Iran Front Page Media Group, and is currently serving as the World Editor and the Vice-President for Executive Affairs at the Iran Front Page (IFP) news website.

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